Hi Goethe, thanks for a terrific post. I'll respond when I've got a bit more time to consider the issues you've raised.

Chris, I'm happy to respond to a written argument but I'm not going to wade into youtube to figure out what Goethe's argument is. This is a forum for the written word isn't it? Goethe, would you mind succintly summarising the argument from youtube in written form please?

Mate, you're kidding aren't you? How about articulating an argument yourself rather than relying on a url link to someone else's argument?

Hi Josh, first to your comment "It doesn't matter what I believe...". Well I think it absolutely does matter. One's personal beliefs strongly influence, if not determine entirely, how we interpret the book, which is why I keep on drawing the contrast between the beliefs at opposite ends of...

<t>"The problem with saying that Chigurh thinks the girl's path is determined simply because she does not live by the tenets of chance, is almost to suggest that Chigurh believes he can manipulate his path simply by living by it. If chance is the soul determiner of events, whether you live by chance...

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